Prof.

dr Radmila Nasti
Predmet EKSPIR 2015/2016
Na usmenom ispitu, kako bi proverio da li su studenti proitali dramu, profesor moe da postavi
dodatno pitanje koje se odnosi na bilo koji deo obradjenih drama. Odlomak i pitanje ne mogu se
odnositi na iste drame.
Pitanja su formulisana tako da studenta usmere u pravcu u kojem bi svoj odgovor trebalo da izloe,
odnosno, izlaganje treba da ima kratak opti uvod, konkretnu analizu i kratak zakljuak.
EKSPIR 2015/16 - PITANJA ZA USMENI ISPIT
1.
SHAKESPEARE Introduction: his significance and his life - the Elizabethan Renaissance Elizabethan theatre - his poetry and autobiography (sonnets and narrative poems) - Venus and Adonis.
Odlomak: King Lear; Gloucester: As flies to wanton boys are we to th' gods
2.
THE REALISTIC AND THE SYMBOLIC ELEMENTS IN SHAKESPEARE'S
HISTORY PLAYS Introduction: number Shakespeare's history plays; historical background of
Shakespeare's history plays; sources for the plays; discussion of Richard III (the source, the theme, the
plot, the characters, the meaning).
Odlomak: King Lear; Blow winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
3.
IMPLICIT CRITICISM OF WAR AND VIOLENCE IN SHAKESPEARE'S HISTORY
PLAYS Introduction: number Shakespeare history plays; their historical background; their sources;
list of plays and scenes where the theme appears - analysis of King John (the source, the theme, the
plot, the characters, the meaning).
Odlomak:
4.
SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY AND THE VICTORY OF THE WORLD OF DESIRE Introduction: what is comedy; number Shakespeare's comedies list and classification; Frye's theory
of comedy; romantic comedy; analysis of As You Like It (the source, the theme, the plot, the
characters, the meaning).
Odlomak: Macbeth; It is a tale. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
5.
LOVE VERSUS COMMERCE IN SHAKESPEARE'S COMMEDIES - Introduction:
what is comedy; number Shakespeare's comedies list and classification; Frye's theory of comedy;
romantic comedy/satire; analysis of The Merchant of Venice (the source, the theme, the plot, the
characters, the meaning).
Odlomak: That Cassio loves her, I do well believe't. That she loves him.. ?
6.
THE CHARACTER OF SHYLOCK Introduction: about blocking characters in general,
and their place in The Merchant of Venice; Shylock the ''blocking character'' versus Shylock the critic
of society and the tragic hero.
Odlomak: Othello, Iagos green eyed monster

7.
LOVE VERSUS POLITICS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS Introduction: how is the
theme treated by Shakespeare in general; list the plays where the theme appears; discuss the case of
Blanche and Lewis; of marriages in Richard III; of Hamlet and Ophelia; of Othello and Desdemona;
the marriage of Cordelia; the case of Antony and Cleopatra.
Odlomak: The Merchant of Venice; You that choose not by the view..Chance as fair and choose as
true.
8.
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, MORALS AND HAPPINESS IN SHAKESPEARE'S
PROBLEM PLAYS Introduction: how does Shakespeare treat this theme in general; Shakespeare's
problem plays - list the common characteristics; analysis of Measure for Measure (the source, the
theme, the plot, the characters, the meaning).
Odlomak: Macbeth; 'the milk of human kindness'
9.
LOVE, KNOWLEDGE AND POWER IN SHAKESPEARE'S ROMANCES Introduction: how does Shakespeare treat this theme in general; Shakespeare's romances: list the
common features; analysis of The Tempest (the source, the theme, the plot, the characters, the
meaning).
Odlomak: Macbeth; Lady Macbeth accuses the guards.
10.
SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY HAMLET Introduction: Number Shakespeare's tragedies;
what is Shakespearean tragedy; sources of the play and its early production history; the theme and the
dramatic structure of the play Hamlet.
Odlomak: Tempest; O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous
mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people int.
11.
THE CHARACTER OF HAMLET Introduction: What characterises Shakespearean
tragic protagonist; Hamlet's character and conscience; what's traditional in the conception of Hamlet's
tragic character and what's new, what is modern about Hamlet.
Odlomak: The Merchant of Venice; Portia; the quality of mercy

12.
SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO BETWEEN MELODRAMA AND TRAGEDY
Introduction: Number Shakespeare's tragedies; what is Shakespearean tragedy; sources of the play and
its early production history; the theme and the plot of the play; the tragic quality of the play.
Odlomak: Measure for Measure; intent, my brother died
13.
OTHELLO, IAGO AND DESDEMONA IN SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO
Introduction: What characterises Shakespearean tragic protagonist; description of the characters;
relationship between the three characters in the play and their symbolic meaning.

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Odlomak:
14.
DRAMATIZATION OF EVIL IN SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH - Introduction: number
Shakespeare's tragedies; What is Shakespearean tragedy; sources of the play and its early production
history; the theme, the plot and the style of Macbeth.
Odlomak: King John; Constance: wishes she was insane
15.
THE CHARACTERS OF MACBETH AND LADY MACBETH - Introduction: What
characterises Shakespearean tragic protagonist; description of the characters and their relationship.
Odlomak: Measure for Measure; the law hath not be dead
16.
SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDY KING LEAR - Introduction: number Shakespeare's
tragedies; What is Shakespearean tragedy; sources of the play and its early production history; theory
of tragedy and King Lear ; the main plot and the sub-plot in King Lear.
Odlomak:
17.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE IN SHAKESPEARE'S KING LEAR - Introduction: What
characterises Shakespearean tragic protagonist; Lear's journey towards knowing himself and reaching
the truth.
Odlomak: King Lear; Good Hubert!
18.
SHAKESPEARE'S CLOWNS: WISE ENOUGH TO PLAY THE FOOL the context
of this quotation; the function of clowns (clowns, fools, comic characters...) in Shakespeare's plays;
characters of Touchstone, Launcelot Gobbo, Feste, the Fool in King Lear, Lucio, Falstaff.
Odlomak: Hamlet; To be or not to be
19.
TREATMENT OF MADNESS IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: various functions of
madness in Shakespeares plays; analysis of the characters of Constance, Hamlet, Ophelia, Othello,
Lear, Edgar, Lady Macbeth.
Odlomak: As You Like It; All the worlds a stage
20.
FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES Introduction: about
Shakespeare's comedies: general characteristics and the list; the role of female characters in
Shakespeare's comedies; the characters of Rosalind and Portia.
Odlomak: Richard III; was ever a woman in this humour
21.
"Seems," madam? Nay, it is; I know not "seems:" APPEARANCE AND REALITY IN
SHAKESEPARE'S PLAYS (SEARCH FOR TRUTH) Introduction: general about Shakespeare's
quest for truth; list of the plays where the theme is dominant; discussion of the issue: King John's
public and private self; Faulconbridge's public and private character; Richard III public and private

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image; appearance and reality in the casket scene in The Merchant of Venice; Claudius ''the smiling
villain'' and Hamlet who knows not ''seems,'' only ''is''; ''honourable'' Iago and ''worthy'' Macbeth;
Goneril's, Regan's and Edmund's flattery versus Cordelia's and Edgar's silence; Mark Antony versus
Brutus.
Odlomak: As You Like It; Duke talks about the woods
22.
BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD: FEMALE CHARACTERS IN
SHAKESPEARE'S ROMANCES: Introduction: the meaning of Dostoevsky's statement; number
the characters in question; the role of female characters in Shakespeare's romances; the characters of
Miranda, Marina, Imogen and Perdita.
Odlomak:
23.
VICTIMIZATION OF CHILDREN IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS Introduction:
Shakespeare's general attitude towards violence, especially against children; list of child characters in
Shakespeare's plays; the function of the scenes with violence against children; the characters of
Arthur, Henry III, Clarence's children, the Princes in Richard III, Macduff's son.
Odlomak: Othello; it gives me wonder and content; excellent wretch
24.
FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SHAKESPEARE'S MAJOR TRAGEDIES Introduction:
list of the major female characters in tragedies; their function in the plays; characters of Ophelia,
Gertrude, Desdemona, Cordelia, Goneril and Regan, Lady Macbeth, Lady Macduff.
Odlomak: Tempest; Now my charms are overthrown
25.
''THE MILK OF HUMAN KINDNESS'': SHAKESPEARE'S BELIEF IN NATURAL
GOODNESS Introduction: the context of this quotation; list of the plays and scenes where this
belief is evident; discussion of the innocence of children in the plays (Arthur, the Princes in Richard
III, Macduff's son); Lady Macbeth's invocation of the forces of evil to ''unsex'' her; posthumous
triumph of innocent female victims Desdemona and Cordelia; signs of condemnation of crime and
injustice by nature: benevolence of nature towards youth and love in As You Like It; bad omens in
Hamlet and Julius Caesar; natural signs in Macbeth after his crimes storm and lightening, sounds of
wild beasts, Macbeth's loss of sleep, Lady Macbeth's mental breakdown; ''unnatural hags'' and the
storm in King Lear.
Odlomak: Richard III; Richards first monologue